Why do videogame characters don't seem manly anymore?

I'll make it clear: By "Manly" I do not mean "Douche", like Duke Nukem is, he's not the man we're proud of, his motives aren't the things you'd look up to, he wants to save the world because aliens stole their women... stole. their. women. Has ar has I know they could be butt raping men and he wouldn't give a **** has long has he's not targeted.

By manly, I don'T mean the overcompensating low intelect with muscles, by "Manly" I'm talking about the people you'd look up to and be proud to say "I wish I was him" for the good reasons, they guy that makes you think, like Chell from Portal, sure she's a girl, but she's got that one element that we all love, she doesn't enjoy her position. She it held captive and she is not fighting for the sex, she's fighting for her freedom, her personal freedom.

However, new games tend to take that caracteristic and think that there is no limits, that the sadest your protagonist seems, the better it is, look and call of duty or battlefield or any other popular FPS (For obvious reasons) They are all sad. Angry to be in their boots today, some of them ramble and monologue over and over again, speaking of how unlucky they are (Metroid and final fantasy, i'm look at you). Can't the industry aim for a right middle? If you involve the entire earth, the pressure is too big and your character have to be acting in concequence. Duke was saving the ENTIRE FEMALE POPULATION WITH A GRIN ON HIS FACE. meanwhile, Cloud isn't fighting for much besides revenge and slight saving the world aside, but he mainly want seph's blood for killing his girlfriend. That's one life allready lost and he's bitching about it throught the entire game.

You don't look up to any of these, you look up to people like Albedo (Terrible example, but think about it, he has a reason to be insane and you feel sorry for him once you think about it) or the prince of persia where he turns from a spoiled brat and ***** to... well, a manly character